You might have noticed I've been MIA for a few months... I've thought about this blog almost daily since my last post but I couldn't quite bring myself to write. Why, you may ask? Because I was having an existential crisis. Every time I sat down to write, something, or someone interrupted. It went something like … Continue reading You’re Doing It Wrong: A Blog Relaunch

There have been a lot of awesome life moments for me since I moved overseas... but there were also a lot of awesome moments before I moved. Today is a bit of a reflection on all things awesome in my life.So here they are, in no particular order- My 30 Most Awesome Life Moments1. Marrying … Continue reading My 30 Most Awesome Life Moments

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Day 19: My AccentWay-ell (that's well to you non-Southerners)... I didn't really think I had an accent until I went overseas. And, in fact, I didn't hear for the first time until I heard Kimi talk to her momma on the phone, just before Thanksgiving of my second year in the Dominican Republic. No one … Continue reading My Accent

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Day 13: Something I left behindI feel a bit introspective on this one. The most obvious answer is that I left my family and my friends behind, both literally and figuratively. That first plane ride out of your home country- the one you make not knowing exactly when you're coming back- is terrifying. It's heart-wrenching … Continue reading You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello

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I enjoy doing nothing but I don't like being bored. I have a hard time making plans because I'm always waiting for the last minute to decide if I should be doing something else. I usually end up doing nothing and then I'm bored. This is a problem as the summer in Georgia draws to a close- so … Continue reading The Paradox of Summer